Sonnet 94
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Sonnet 94 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous and morally complex sonnets, often noted for its meditation on power, restraint, and corruption.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sonnet 94 canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
English poem
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Shakespearean sonnet ⓘ |
| addressedTo | Fair Youth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | part of the Shakespearean canon ⓘ |
| closingCouplet | For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; / Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. ⓘ |
| collection | Shakespeare's Sonnets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| firstLine | They that have power to hurt and will do none ⓘ |
| form | sonnet ⓘ |
| genre | Renaissance love poetry ⓘ |
| hasLine |
Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds
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They rightly do inherit heaven's graces ⓘ They that have power to hurt and will do none ⓘ Who, moving others, are themselves as stone ⓘ |
| influenceOn | Shakespearean criticism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
antithesis
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imagery of nature ⓘ metaphor ⓘ paradox ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| notedFor |
meditation on power and restraint
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moral complexity ⓘ paradoxical treatment of virtue ⓘ |
| numberInSequence | 94 ⓘ |
| partOf | Shakespeare's Fair Youth sequence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1609 ⓘ |
| publisher | Thomas Thorpe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GG ⓘ |
| structure | three quatrains and a final couplet ⓘ |
| studiedIn | English literature courses ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
appearance versus reality
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ethical use of power ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption
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decay ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ power ⓘ restraint ⓘ self-control ⓘ virtue and vice ⓘ |
| tone |
cautionary
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meditative ⓘ |
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